{"product_id":"pioneers-the-first-breach-paperback","title":"Pioneers: The First Breach - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eS. An-Sky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRose Waldman\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen young Zalmen Itzkowitz steps off the train on a dark, dreary day at the close of the nineteenth century, the residents of Miloslavka have no idea what's in store for them. Zalmen is a freethinker who has come to the rural town to earn his living as a tutor. Yet, rather than teach Hebrew, he plans to teach his students the Russian language and other secular subjects. Residents of the town quickly become divided, with some regarding Itzkowitz as the devil's messenger and others supportive of his progressive ideas. Set during the time of the Haskalah, the great Jewish Enlightenment that was sweeping through Europe, \u003cem\u003ePioneers\u003c\/em\u003e is a charming tale of one ambivalent young man's attempt to join the movement and a compassionate portrait of one shtetl on the brink of transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eS. An-sky\u003c\/b\u003e, pseudonym of Shloyme-Zanvl Rapoport (1863-1920), was a Russian Jewish writer, ethnographer, and cultural and political activist. He is best known today for his play \u003ci\u003eThe Dybbuk\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRose Waldman \u003c\/b\u003eholds an MFA from Columbia University. Her translations have appeared as a chapbook, \u003ci\u003eMarried\u003c\/i\u003e (an I. L. Peretz story), in \u003ci\u003eHave I Got a Story for You \u003c\/i\u003e(W. W. Norton), in \u003ci\u003ePakn Treger\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and in various literary journals. She was a 2014 and 2016 Yiddish Book Center Translation Fellow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 7.83 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130444189831,"sku":"9780815610847","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ea3c727727230a8fb6dbb28846cce119.webp?v=1732610847","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/pioneers-the-first-breach-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}